Koikawa Station (Akita)

Railway station in Mitane, Akita Prefecture, Japan

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Koikawa Station

鯉川駅

Koikawa Station (May 20, 2017)

General information
Location| Ofukane Koikawa, Mitane-cho, Yamamoto-gun, Akita-ken 018-2103
Japan
Coordinates| 39°59′47.08″N 140°4′38.87″E﻿ / ﻿39.9964111°N 140.0774639°E﻿ / 39.9964111; 140.0774639
Operated by|  JR East
Line(s)| ■ Ōu Main Line
Distance| 333.0 km from Fukushima
Platforms| 2 side platforms
Tracks| 2
Other information
Status| Unstaffed
Website| Official website
History
Opened| February 1, 1950
Services
| Preceding station  |  JR East | Following station

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Hachirōgata

towards Shinjō

|  | Ōu Main Line

Local

|  | Kado

towards Aomori

Location

Koikawa Station

Location within Akita Prefecture

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Koikawa Station

Koikawa Station (Japan)

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Koikawa Station (鯉川駅, Koikawa-eki) is a railway station in the town of Mitane, Yamamoto District, Akita Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

## Lines

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Koikawa Station is served by the Ōu Main Line, and is located 333.0 km from the terminus of the line at Fukushima Station.

## Station layout

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Moritake Station consists of two opposed side platforms connected by a footbridge. The station is unattended.

### Platforms

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1 | ■ Ōu Main Line | for Higashi-Noshiro and Hirosaki

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2 | ■ Ōu Main Line  | for Akita and Ōmagari

## History

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Koikawa Station began as Koikawa Signal Stop (鯉川信号場) on September 30, 1944, and was elevated to a full station on the Japan National Railway (JNR), serving the town of Kado, Akita on February 1, 1950. It has been unattended since October 1971. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987. A new station building was completed in July 2007.

## Surrounding area

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* National Route 7

## See also

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* List of railway stations in Japan

## External links

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Media related to Koikawa Station (Akita) at Wikimedia Commons

* Official website (in Japanese)

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Stations of the Ōu Main Line

Fukushima to Shinjō (Yamagata Line)|

* Fukushima
* Sasakino
* Niwasaka
* ~~Akaiwa~~
* Itaya
* Tōge
* Ōsawa
* Sekine
* Yonezawa
* Oitama
* Takahata
* Akayu
* Nakagawa
* Uzen-Nakayama
* Kaminoyama-Onsen
* Mokichi Kinenkan-mae
* Zaō
* Yamagata
* Kita-Yamagata
* Uzen-Chitose
* Minami-Dewa
* Urushiyama
* Takatama
* Tendō-Minami
* Tendō
* Midaregawa
* Jimmachi
* Sakurambo-Higashine
* Higashine
* Murayama
* Sodesaki
* Ōishida
* Kita-Ōishida
* Ashisawa
* Funagata
* Shinjō

Shinjō to Ōmagari|

* Shinjō
* Izumita
* Uzen-Toyosato
* Mamurogawa
* Kamabuchi
* Ōtaki
* Nozoki
* Innai
* Yokobori
* Mitsuseki
* Kami-Yuzawa
* Yuzawa
* Shimo-Yuzawa
* Jūmonji
* Daigo
* Yanagita
* Yokote
* Gosannen
* Iizume
* Ōmagari

Ōmagari to Aomori (formerly Ōu North Line)|

* Ōmagari
* Jingūji
* Kariwano
* Mineyoshikawa
* Ugo-Sakai
* Ōbarino
* Wada
* Yotsugoya
* Akita
* Izumi-Sotoasahikawa
* Tsuchizaki
* Kami-Iijima
* Oiwake
* Ōkubo
* Ugo-Iizuka
* Ikawa-Sakura
* Hachirōgata
* Koikawa
* Kado
* Moritake
* Kita-Kanaoka
* Higashi-Noshiro
* Tsurugata
* Tomine
* Futatsui
* Maeyama
* Takanosu
* Nukazawa
* Hayaguchi
* Shimokawazoi
* Ōdate
* Shirasawa
* Jimba
* Tsugaru-Yunosawa
* Ikarigaseki
* Nagamine
* Ōwani-Onsen
* Ishikawa
* Hirosaki
* Naijōshi
* Kawabe
* Kita-Tokiwa
* Namioka
* Daishaka
* Tsurugasaka
* Tsugaru-Shinjō
* Shin-Aomori
* Aomori

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